rattle

Rattle

(ˈrætəl)

n

(Biography) Sir Simon. born 1955, English conductor. Principal conductor (1980–91) and music director (1991–98) of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 2002

rat•tle

(ˈræt l)

v. -tled, -tling,n. v.i.

1. to make a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds: The doors rattled in the storm.

2. to move noisily: The car rattled along the back roads.

3. to chatter: rattling on about his ailments.

v.t.

4. to cause to make a rattling noise: to rattle a doorknob.

5. to impel with a rattling noise: The wind rattled the metal can across the roadway.

6. to utter or perform in a rapid or lively manner (usu. with off).

7. to disconcert; confuse.

8. Hunting. to stir up (a cover).

n.

9. a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds.

10. a contrivance that makes a rattling sound, esp. a baby's toy filled with small pellets that rattle when shaken.

11. the series of horny, interlocking hollow rings at the end of a rattlesnake's tail, with which it produces a rattling sound.

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